The situation is like that:
[19:24] <Press_Enter> Who can help with file system level backup?
[19:24] <KL> Press_Enter: shut down postgres, tar the data dir
[19:25] <KL> Press_Enter: apparently filesystem snapshots might work as well
[19:25] <KL> Press_Enter: you're supposed to use pg_dumpall
[19:25] <Press_Enter> KL, my question is some deeper =) I`ve backup
/var/lib/pgsql/data, then reinstall Postres (the same version) and then
copy all data back. But psql dosn`t see any tables
[19:26] <KL> Press_Enter: exact same version?
[19:26] <Press_Enter> KL, yes
[19:26] <KL> Press_Enter: did you stop postgres while you backed it up?
[19:26] <Press_Enter> KL, yes
[19:27] <KL> Press_Enter: then there shouldn't be any problem...
[19:27] <KL> Press_Enter: try select * from information_schema.tables;
[19:29] <Press_Enter> KL, ERROR: Namespace "information_schema" does not
exist
[19:29] <KL> Press_Enter: what pgsql version?
[19:30] <Press_Enter> KL, 7.3.4
[19:30] <KL> Press_Enter: ah sorry
[19:30] <KL> Press_Enter: try select * from pg_tables; (or pg_table)
[19:28] <Press_Enter> ERROR: Namespace "information_schema" does not exist
[19:28] <Press_Enter> ERROR: Namespace "information_schema" does not exist
[19:33] <Press_Enter> only rows from schemaname "pg_catalog" (29 rows)
[19:33] <KL> hmm
[19:33] <KL> are you sure you're in the right db?
[19:34] <KL> because if something was wrong with your backup i wouldn't
expect ANYTHING to work
[19:34] <KL> not end up with a fresh clean database
[19:34] <KL> you didn't re-run initdb did you?
[19:34] <Press_Enter> After installation i only copy all the
/var/lib/pgsql/data
[19:34] <Press_Enter> And didn`t did initdb
[19:35] <KL> it's a mystery to me
[19:35] <KL> did you install from packages?
[19:35] <Press_Enter> yes
[19:36] <KL> mayeb the packages did their own initdb somewhere
[19:36] <Press_Enter> in /var/lib/pgsql/data i see manually all the data,
but psql doesn`t
[19:36] <KL> and then when you ran pgsql it used a fresh database INSTEAD
of looking at your restored dir?
[19:36] <KL> ie. pgsql isn't even using /var/lib/pgsql/data
[19:36] <KL> you can test that by stopping postgresql
[19:36] <KL> then running "postmaster -D /var/lib/pgsql/data"
[19:37] <KL> then in another window see if you can connect
[19:37] <KL> then just ctrl-c the postmaster when you're done
[19:39] <Press_Enter> [19:37] <KL> then in another window see if you can
connect - yes, i can connect, but it`s the same situation
[19:39] <KL> i have no idea then
[19:39] <KL> you'll have to email the developers list
[19:39] <KL> pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
[19:40] <KL> if you subscribe first from the pgsql website then you won't
have to wait for your post to be approved
[19:40] <Press_Enter> ok, thx
If in two words - i have file system level backup and i can see manually
all the data in it, but PostreSQL doesn`t. What can i do?